Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen

Creator Name

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

ca. 1679–84

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Woodblock print (sumizuri-e)

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Title

Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen

Creator

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣, Japanese, 1618–1694, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink and hand-applied color on paper; horizontal ōban

Dimensions

Image: 10 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (27.3 × 36.8 cm);
height: 27.305054centimetre;
width: 36.830074centimetre;
height: 42.068832centimetre;
width: 50.95885centimetre

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Date

ca. 1679–84

Provenance

Gift of Lee E. Dirks, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain
Public Domain

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Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣, Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen, ca. 1679–84, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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